Summary

Ideal for high school and college students, this eBook presents essay topics that provide research and writing suggestions on a wide range of frequently studied short fiction works. These topics are designed to inspire students to think critically, delve deeper, and ask (and answer) fresh new questions. 

The works covered include:

• The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes
• "Battle Royal"
• Bliss and Other Stories
• The Decameron
• "The Demon Lover"
• "The Destructors"
• Dubliners
• "The Gift of the Magi"
• A Good Man Is Hard to Find
• "How to Tell a True War Story"
• "I Stand Here Ironing"
• "Indian Camp"
• The Jungle Books
• "A Jury of Her Peers"
• The Middleman and Other Stories
• "The Monkey's Paw"
• "The Most Dangerous Game"
• "The Murders in the Rue Morgue"
• "The Necklace"
• "The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas"
• "The Open Window"
• "The Rocking-Horse Winner"
• "That Evening Sun"
• The Thousand and One Nights
• "A Very Old Man with Enormous Wings"

Specifications

eBook

About the Author(s)

Robert C. Evans is a professor of English at Auburn University at Montgomery. He is the author or coauthor of many books, including Ben Jonson and the Poetics of Patronage, Short Fiction: A Critical Companion, Kate Chopin's Short Fiction, and many more. He is also the editor of the third volume in Facts On File's Student's Encyclopedia of Great American Writers and the author of Facts On File's Culture and Society in Shakespeare's Day and Literature and the Theater in Shakespeare's Day.